Evelin Winifred Aston FRSA
Other names: Evelyn Aston, Mrs Evelin Leigh
Born 22 January 1891
Died 1975
Active: 1926 - 1950
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, painter
Born in Hockley, Birmingham. She was the daughter of Walter Edward Aston (born c.1865 in Aston, Warwickshire), house builder. Evelin taught modelling at the Royal Institute for the Blind, Birmingham.
Works
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Goat and Kid
1927 (Presumed)
A Salvation Army Lassie
1928 (Presumed)
The Puddler
January 1928 (Presumed)
Bowls
January 1928 (Presumed)
Head of Old Man
January 1928 (Presumed)
£5 5s.
Boy and Cat
January 1928 (Presumed)
Eternity
January 1928 (Presumed)
The Airman
January 1928 (Presumed)
St Michael
January 1928 (Presumed)
A Little Dancer
January 1928 (Presumed)
Lion
January 1928 (Presumed)
Moses
January 1928 (Presumed)
Salome
January 1928 (Presumed)
Head of a Young Boy
January 1931 (Presumed)
'Jesus went about Teaching'
January 1932 (Presumed)
Decorative cock
1934
Decorative Carving
January 1934 (Presumed)
Head of a Baby
January 1936 (Presumed)
Locations
Address 5 Anderson Road Erdington Birmingham | View on map
1911 (Circa)
Living with her family at this address
Address 176 Short Heath Road Erdington Birmingham | View on map
1927 - 1939
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Autumn Exhibition, 1927
'Goat and Kid'
Exhibited at Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Spring Exhibition, 1928
'A Salvation Army Lassie '
Exhibited at The Birmingham Art Circle. The Sixty-First Exhibition, 1931
'Head of a Young Boy'
Exhibited at The Birmingham Art Circle. The Sixty-Forth Exhibition, 1934
'Decorative Carving '
Exhibited at The Birmingham Art Circle. The Sixty-Sixth Exhibition, 1936
'Head of a Baby '
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Eighth, 1934
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Birmingham Art Circle. The Sixty-Second Exhibition, 1932
'Jesus went about Teaching'
Exhibited at Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Autumn Exhibition, 1926
1926
Exhibited 'Portrait Pendant', p. 26 (Case 3, 268).
Exhibited at The Birmingham Art Circle. The Fifty-Eighth Exhibition, 1928
January 1928 - 25 January 1928
In addition to her 11 sculptures, Aston exhibited an Ivory Pendant.
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of Birmingham Art Circle
1927 - 1950
Exhibited works of sculpture at Art Circle exhibitions 1928-39. Described in the 'Register of Members' (1879-2002) as having been 'elected on sculpture'. Membership did not expire and she did not resign from the society.
Sources
British Artists 1880-1940
1980
p. 32
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN18331 RG78PN1103 RD385 SD5 ED12 SN81
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Evelin Winifred Aston
Birth Date: 22 Jan 1891
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1975
Age at Death: 84
Registration district: Birmingham
Inferred County: West Midlands
Volume: 32
Page: 0986
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Autumn Exhibition, 1927
1927
p. 14.
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Spring Exhibition, 1928
1928
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham. The Autumn Exhibition, 1931
1931
p. 27.
The Art Circle, Register of Members to Date, 1879-2002 Birmingham Art Circle
2002 (Presumed)
Unpaged.
Citing this record
'Evelin Winifred Aston FRSA', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1204814417, accessed 03 Jun 2023]